UNSPSC 25202605: Aircraft heat exchangers

UNSPSC 25202605 Aircraft heat exchangers is a Commodity code with limited direct application to recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally covers thermal management components for aircraft powerplants, but the recent solicitations tagged under it focus instead on complete aircraft engines, engine maintenance services, and engine rebuild contracts—work that falls outside the heat exchanger component scope. State and local governments buying under this code appear to be primarily higher-education institutions (colleges and universities) and state departments with aviation operations, seeking either remanufactured engines for training and operational use or multi-year maintenance and rebuild service contracts rather than discrete heat exchanger parts or assemblies.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas and Georgia, with secondary operations in Michigan and Florida. Middle Georgia State University issued two eRFQs (posted January 22 and February 26, 2026, with response dates of February 23 and March 16, 2026 respectively) for Lycoming engine rebuild services under a contract term running July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 with four one-year renewal options. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources issued RFQ 26-282 (posted May 5, 2026, due May 19, 2026) for a single remanufactured Lycoming IO-540-AB1A5 engine; Air Power, Inc. (Arlington, Texas) was recommended for award at $82,293.00. The Texas Department of Public Safety issued a statewide aircraft maintenance open-enrollment solicitation (posted April 22, 2026, with an eight-year enrollment period ending August 20, 2030) requiring FAA-approved repair stations within Texas to provide maintenance and inspection for Airbus rotary-wing and Cessna fixed-wing aircraft. Texas State Technical College at Waco issued RFP #1209144 (posted June 10, 2026, due June 10, 2026) for six non-airworthy turboprop training engines and stands for its aviation powerplant laboratory. The code shows little direct activity in actual heat exchanger procurement and may be a taxonomy mismatch for the engine and maintenance services these agencies are actually acquiring.